Found Poetry

Found poetry uses words and phrases from other sources to craft a poem. It can draw from any of the following sources:

Newspaper articlesSpeechesGraffitiMovie LinesNovelsOther poems

OR...

Using a two paragraph passage, write your found poem exclusively using words and phrases from those passages.

Requirements

Minimum of two stanzas (quatrains)Should include at least two allusions per stanzaDoes not have to rhyme, but canDoesn’t need to have a recurring message or theme, but should flow from

one message to the nextUnderneath your poem, catalogue your sources

Example

Some say the word will end in fire---Great---but can it wait?I have miles to go before I retire,so please delay that date.

Fourscore and seven years ago,something happened. I forget what.My history teacher would be upset,But, like Michael Scott, I often forget.

Would any of you like the answerto the question: What is the meaningof life, the universe, and everything?42. What, you wanted the one ring?

Example #2

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1034/sample.pdf

Homework

Start gathering words and phrases for your found poem. You can even include whole lines.

Make a sight reading appointment if you haven’t yet. Thursday is the final day to read.